Household coal box



Dec. 9, 1924. 1,518,525

J. J. LANDERS HOUSEHOLD COAL BOX Filed March 15, 1924 2 sheets-sheet 2 9 /59 .4.

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Patented Dec. 9, 1924-.

JOHN J. LANDERS, OF BROOKLYN, NEVI YORK.

HOUSEHOLD COAL BOX.

T ail whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN J. Lannnns, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Household Coal Bones, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is the provision of a means whereby a determined quantity of coal may be effectively stored in a kitchen or other room in a dwelling having a heating plant therein so that access there to may be conveniently had without necessitating continuous visits to the coal pile.

\Vith the above broadly stated object in view and others which will appear as the nature of the. invention is better understood, reference is to be had to the drawings which accompany and which form part of this application.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement.

' Figure 2 is an approximately central vertical transverse sectional view therethro-ugh.

Figure 3 is top plan view with the cover of the receptacle removed.

Figure l is a sectional view on the line i of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a sectional view approximately on the line 5 5 of Figure 2.

Figure 6 is a perspective. view of the coal conveying member or bucket.

Figure '7 is a sectional view through the bucket or hod showing the slidable front in open position.

My improvement con'iprises tially rectangular receptacle 1 which may be of wood or any other desired material. The receptacle also may be mounted on casters. The receptacle at its front and adjacent to its bottom has a. central opening 2 therethr'ough. On its outer face and in a line with the lower wall provided by the opening there is secured to the face of the receptacle and upwardly inclined plate 3, side elements 4 connecting the plate to the face of the receptacle. On the front face directly above the opening 2 there is secured in the receptacle a downwardly inclined plate 5 that terminates a suitable distance from the rear wall of the receptacle. The plate is designed to direct the coal into the bottom of the receptacle so that access may be had thereto through the opening 2.

Above the directing plate 5 there are se a substa n Application filed March 15, 1924. Serial No. 699,480.

cured to the inner sides of the receptacle transverse cleats 6. These cleats are designed to serve as a. rest for a coal receiving member or bucket which is broadly indicated by the numeral 7. The bucket, like the receptacle, may be constructed of any desired material and is of a rectangular formation to be snugly received in the receptacle through the open top thereof. The member 7 has its outer face open and has its sides inward of its said open face grooved as at 8. A suitable brace member 9 is secured between the sides outward of the grooves 8 to strengthen this portion of the structure. The bottom 10 of the bucket terminates in a line with the inner walls of the grooves 8, and the grooves terminate above the lower edges of the sides. The wall 10 from its back to its front is inclined downwardly.

Received in the grooves 8 and closing the outer open face of the bucket or hod there is a slide. The slide includes a lower section 11 and an upper section 12 which is hinged to the inner face of the said section 11, as at 18. The. section 11 is of a materially greater length than the section 12. The section 12 has on its outer edge a handle 14, and pivotally or loosely secured to the sides of the bucket there is abail 15. The bailserves as a means whereby the bucket may be conveniently carried to and,

' from the coal pile or bin as well as permitting the bucket to be easily received in or removed from the receptacle. lVhen the bucket is filled and arranged in the receptacle the slidable front thereof is raised to bring the ioint between the sections in a line with the top of the bucket and there after the section 12 is swung over the top of the said bucket. This allows the coal from the bucket to gravitate therefrom over the inclined bottom of the said bucket against the directing plate 5 and from thence into the bottom of the receptacle. The coal may be removed through the opening 2 as required. The upwardly inclined plate 3 provides a lip that will prevent coal falling from the receptacle on to the floor in which the device is arranged. A hinged cover 16 normally closes the receptacle.

Having described the invention, I claim 1. In a device for the purpose set forth. a receptacle having an opening adjacent to the bottom wall thereof, an upwardly inclined lip outward of the opening, cleats in ltlt) the receptacle above the openings, a bucket member for holding coal reinoyably arranged in the receptacle and normally resting on the cleats and. a slildablevtront onthe bucket member whereby coal may pass therefrom on to the bottom of the receptacle.

2. A household coal box comprising a re ceptacle having an opening in a line: with the bottom thereof, an upwardly inclined lip outward of the opening, a downwardly inclined directing plate in the receptacle and above the opening, cleats above the plate, a removable" coal receiving bucket in the receptacle and resting on the c-leate, said buckct having an open front, a slidable plate guidedin the rece -i-tacle for closing the front, said plate comprising hinged sections, whereby when the plate partly raised the upper section may be swung over the top of the bucket to permit coal gravitating tlierciro-in to the inclined plate and to be directedthe-refroin into the bottom of the receptacle.

3. A household coal box comprising substantialily rectangular receptacle having an elevated bottom, its front provided with an opening terminating in line: with the bottom, an upwardly inclined lip on the outer face of the receptacle in a line with the bottom, a downwardly inclined directing plate in the receptacle above the opening, cleats in the receptacle above the plate, a substantially rectangular coal carrier comprising a bucket designed to be removably received in the receptacle and to rest on the cleats, said bucket having a downwardly inclined bottom, an open face and its sides grooved inward of said open fiace, a plate comp-rising li-inged ly connected sections received in the grooves for closing the open face, a handle on the upper section of the plate, and said upper section designed to be swung over the open top of the bucket to permit coal gravitating therefrom on to the inclined plate in the receptacle to direct said coal on to the bottom of the; receptacle, a bailfor the bucket, and a hinged closure for the top of the receptacle:

In: testimony whereofi I affix my signature.

JOHN 

